The median income of Buncombe County residents was $27,675 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 107,093 households with a population of 254,474.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Wake County with $37,825 per year after adjusting for inflation – $10,150 more than Buncombe County. It had 390,498 households with a population of 1,046,558.
The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Avery County with $18,401 per year after adjusting for inflation – $9,274 less than Buncombe County. It had 6,587 households with a population of 17,501.
Top 100 counties by earnings per resident (2018)
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | $37,825 |
| 2 | Camden County | $34,341 |
| 3 | Currituck County | $34,263 |
| 4 | Mecklenburg County | $33,663 |
| 5 | Durham County | $32,412 |
| 6 | Union County | $32,128 |
| 7 | Cabarrus County | $31,473 |
| 8 | Chatham County | $31,413 |
| 9 | Orange County | $30,556 |
| 10 | Dare County | $30,036 |
| 11 | Moore County | $29,867 |
| 12 | Iredell County | $28,696 |
| 13 | Forsyth County | $28,440 |
| 14 | Franklin County | $28,407 |
| 15 | Henderson County | $28,200 |
| 16 | Carteret County | $28,095 |
| 17 | Gates County | $28,044 |
| 18 | Lincoln County | $27,886 |
| 19 | Guilford County | $27,752 |
| 20 | Johnston County | $27,723 |
| 21 | New Hanover County | $27,694 |
| 22 | Buncombe County | $27,675 |
| 23 | Davie County | $27,500 |
| 24 | Granville County | $27,488 |
| 25 | Person County | $27,125 |
| 26 | Craven County | $26,990 |
| 27 | Harnett County | $26,911 |
| 28 | Pender County | $26,786 |
| 29 | Catawba County | $26,753 |
| 30 | Pasquotank County | $26,597 |
| 31 | Brunswick County | $26,533 |
| 32 | Haywood County | $26,428 |
| 33 | Davidson County | $26,298 |
| 34 | Cumberland County | $26,224 |
| 35 | Alamance County | $26,220 |
| 36 | Stokes County | $26,094 |
| 37 | Hoke County | $26,050 |
| 38 | Polk County | $25,937 |
| 39 | Gaston County | $25,725 |
| 40 | Stanly County | $25,668 |
| 41 | Nash County | $25,555 |
| 42 | Rowan County | $25,528 |
| 43 | Randolph County | $25,423 |
| 44 | Onslow County | $25,345 |
| 45 | Chowan County | $25,298 |
| 46 | Yadkin County | $25,090 |
| 47 | Lee County | $24,827 |
| 48 | Transylvania County | $24,641 |
| 49 | Perquimans County | $24,624 |
| 50 | Macon County | $24,484 |
| 51 | Pamlico County | $24,416 |
| 52 | Caswell County | $24,319 |
| 53 | Wilson County | $24,299 |
| 54 | Alexander County | $24,233 |
| 55 | Beaufort County | $24,194 |
| 56 | Wayne County | $24,092 |
| 57 | Yancey County | $23,956 |
| 58 | Mitchell County | $23,908 |
| 59 | Rockingham County | $23,899 |
| 60 | Pitt County | $23,895 |
| 61 | Clay County | $23,623 |
| 62 | Cleveland County | $23,181 |
| 63 | Surry County | $22,989 |
| 64 | Martin County | $22,807 |
| 65 | Montgomery County | $22,754 |
| 66 | Burke County | $22,693 |
| 67 | Wilkes County | $22,440 |
| 68 | Caldwell County | $22,414 |
| 69 | Ashe County | $22,105 |
| 70 | McDowell County | $22,069 |
| 71 | Cherokee County | $21,981 |
| 72 | Madison County | $21,869 |
| 73 | Lenoir County | $21,849 |
| 74 | Warren County | $21,797 |
| 75 | Rutherford County | $21,747 |
| 76 | Anson County | $21,655 |
| 77 | Hyde County | $21,498 |
| 78 | Columbus County | $21,442 |
| 79 | Edgecombe County | $21,295 |
| 80 | Jones County | $21,291 |
| 81 | Jackson County | $21,213 |
| 82 | Greene County | $21,174 |
| 82 | Sampson County | $21,174 |
| 84 | Bladen County | $21,072 |
| 85 | Northampton County | $20,873 |
| 86 | Richmond County | $20,862 |
| 87 | Vance County | $20,861 |
| 88 | Scotland County | $20,762 |
| 89 | Duplin County | $20,685 |
| 90 | Robeson County | $20,655 |
| 91 | Hertford County | $20,067 |
| 92 | Halifax County | $19,978 |
| 93 | Alleghany County | $19,643 |
| 94 | Graham County | $19,474 |
| 95 | Swain County | $19,366 |
| 96 | Washington County | $19,093 |
| 97 | Bertie County | $18,673 |
| 98 | Tyrrell County | $18,547 |
| 99 | Watauga County | $18,421 |
| 100 | Avery County | $18,401 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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